1. An Unruly Passenger Made Bomb Threats

Around 45 minutes into the flight, as the plane is estimated to be over West Virginia, an unruly passenger reportedly made threats against the aircraft that, according to the CBC, “concerned the security of the plane.”

The pilots activated the threat response plan.

2. The Plane Was Escorted Back By 2 American F16s

The CBC reports that two F16 fighter jets were scrambled from Toledo, Ohio, and escorted the passenger plane back to Toronto.

3. The Passenger Was Arrested

The passenger, whose name has not been released to the press, was arrested by armed police when the plane arrived back in Toronto. The video above, shot by a passenger on the plane, shows heavily armed officers in body armor shouting forcefully for passengers to put their hands up and their heads down.

4. There Were 189 People on Board

The plane was carrying 183 passengers, including 2 infants, and a crew of 6 people. The plane left Toronto at 7 a.m. and was expected to land in Panama City Friday afternoon.

5. Yesterday a Plane Crashed in Mali Killing 116 People

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None of the 116 people aboard Air Algerie flight 5017 survived when the plane went down in the Sahara desert during a flight from Burkina Faso to Algeria.

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F-16s Escort Sunwing Airlines Bomb Threat Canadian citizen Ali Shahi, 25. terrorized Sunwing Flight 772. He became increasingly agitated after the plane took off. He man tore up magazines and the safety card and tried to rip the window shade off, he said. After the passenger told the crew that he wanted to “blow up the airplane” the plane returned to Toronto escorted by F-16 fighter jets as it was rushed by armed SWAT officers to remove the suspect. His father Sadegh Shahi blamed the police and health system for not helping with his son’s mental health issues, and he is not at fault as he never means anything he says.http://ninjapundit.blogspot.com/2014/07/f-16s-escort-sunwing-airlines-bomb.html